Griff performs ‘Black Hole’ on ‘Late Night With Seth Meyers, debut mixtape out on June 11th (Warner Records)
Griff performs ‘Black Hole’ on ‘Late Night With Seth Meyers’Watch here Winner of BRITs Rising Star 2021Debut mixtape, ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’, + tour announced
Mixtape artwork. Credit: Kerry Dean (Photo), Elizabeth Fraser-Bell (Styling)“Multicultural, multi-hyphenated, and multi-talented…four walls can’t confine this utterly unique teenager.” Vogue
“Griff looks every bit like pop’s bright new star…it is, quite frankly, all rather brilliant” – i-D“A fierce and distinctive talent…perfection” Sunday Times
“Move over Dua Lipa, because Griff is well on her way to becoming the next face of British pop” Elle“
A phenomenon…the teenage boss about to take charge of pop” NME
Newly crowned Brit-Award-winner Griff performed breakout single ‘Black Hole’ for the first time on US last night, with an incredible rendition on ‘Late Night With Seth Meyers’.
The twenty-year-old phenomenon, who was crowned the winner of the BRITs Rising Star Award on Friday, has also announced details of her debut mixtape. ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’ will be released on Warner Music on June 11th, and will be followed by a UK tour in October (general sale commencing 9AM on March 26th).
Watch ‘Black Hole’ live on Seth Meyers here
https://youtu.be/-ilQoHEPQY0
‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’, in Griff’s own words, “is a collection of songs I’ve written during lockdown. It’s been weird making music in this time, not really experiencing real life, but I think what’s come out of feeling so uncertain about the future is knowing that all you can do is take another step. I’ve also produced the majority of this mixtape – I heard a stat that 2% of music producers are women, and so it feels important that as a young female in the music industry I should empower myself and continue to properly do it. It was challenging, but I hope in doing so ‘One Foot In Front of The Other’ feels like a raw, emotional and unpolished body of work.”
A truly fearless, multi-faceted talent, ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’ is a neat summery of Griff’s do-it-yourself approach to date. Born to Chinese and Jamaican parents just out of Watford, she started making music in secret whilst completing her A-Levels.
Songs across the mixtape follow ‘Black Hole’ down that rabbit hole of modern teenage life, exploring big themes (young love, mental health, family and friendship) in Griff’s own distinct style. And already, Griff’s is the type of creative curiosity that draws no boundaries between making beats, designing your own clothes, or taking over Tate Modern for just her second ever London show.
It’s a balancing act she walks quite literally on her beautiful new mixtape artwork, where – says Griff – “I learnt to tight-rope walk! It’s so difficult but I knew I had to get the shot and capture that feeling that you could fall at any second – because that’s how I feel at all times, and it’s what the songs on this project capture.”
Trusting yourself to put ‘One Foot In The Other’ is an attitude true of this new generation of pop stars, and the next step in Griff’s incredible journey to date.
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Black Hole’ live video still
One Foot In Front Of The Other’ is available to preorder here, with bundles including personalized + signed vinyl, tape, CD, plus exclusive merch designed by Griff.
Track-List
- ‘Black Hole’
- ‘One Night’
- ‘Shade Of Yellow’
- ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’
- ‘Dreams’
- ‘Earl Grey’
- ‘Walk’
Headline Tour Dates
(pre-sale available now when pre-ordering the mixtape; general sale opens 10AM on 26.10.2021)
20.10.2021 || Dublin || Academy Green Room
22.10.2021 || Glasgow || King Tuts
23.10.2021 || Manchester || Deaf Institute
25.10.2021 || Birmingham || O2 Academy 3
27.10.2021 || London || Heaven
Preorder One Foot In Front Of The Other’ here
Watch ‘Black Hole’ here